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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Leaders of the Left Parties, the CPI(M), CPI, AIFB and RSP met in New Delhi today. They have issued the following statement: Land Acquisition Bill It is wrong on the part
of the Government to claim that there is a consensus on the Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Bill. The Left parties are
not in agreement with some basic provisions of the land acquisition
Bill. A major flaw in the Bill is that it exempts 13 laws from the
purview of the Bill. These include the Indian Railways Act, National
Highways Act, Land Acquisition Mines Act, Coal Bearing Areas Acquisition
and Development Act etc, under which the bulk of the land acquisition
takes place. The Left parties are opposed to the definition of public
purpose which includes also acquisition of land for private companies;
there is no need for consent of those affected if land is acquired for
Government purposes; all the people affected like tenants, agricultural
workers are not entitled to compensation; some of the provisions of the
Bill are against the interests of the adivasis. Since the Bill presented
now has been totally changed from that which was considered by the
Standing Committee, the Left parties reiterate their demand that it be
referred back to the Standing Committee or be taken up by a Joint Select
Committee. Condemn Attacks in West Bengal After the custodial death
of SFI leader Sudipta Gupa in Kolkata, there were widespread protests
all over the country. In the course of such a protest in Delhi there was
an unfortunate incident outside the Planning Commission’s Office
involving the West Bengal Finance Minister. Using this as a pretext
systematic and widespread attack have been unleashed by the Trinamul
Congress on the offices of the Left parties and their cadres and
activists. More than a thousand offices have been damaged or destroyed. A
situation is sought to be created where the functioning of the
opposition parties is suppressed. Serious human rights
violations are taking place. A 22-year old student was arrested in
Siliguri and kept in a hospital chained to his bed. The Presidency
University was attacked by TMC goons. The Left parties demand
that the TMC leadership put a stop to all these attacks. The State
Government should act to maintain peace. The Left parties appeal to all
democratic sections to protest against these attacks and demand that the
rule of law be enforced in West Bengal. Those who attended the
meeting are: Prakash Karat, S. Sudhakara Reddy, A. B. Bardhan, Debabrata
Biswas, Sitaram Yechury, Abani Roy, D. Raja, S. Ramachandran Pillai and
G. Devarajan.